Tim and Alison wrote: > I have had to rebuild my FC2 box and tried to use YUM to update the > packages. > It has downloaded all the new RPM files but I am getting the following > error when it tries to install the packages > > error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 286 Header V3 DSA signature: > BAD, key ID 4f2a6fd2 I've no idea how to solve your problem, but it reminds me how bad the error messages in yum are - if it works (as it does 90% of the time) it is a marvellous resource. But if it fails, you can be sure the error message will be unintelligible. This is a general fault with Linux, I think (and to a lesser extent with Windows) - few developers seem to consider when penning their error messages what is likely to help someone who encounters the error. Frequently the error message seems to be a message to the developer rather than to anyone else. I think all error messages should try to advise the reader what action he might take, if that is at all possible. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
